Strontium isotope profiles across K/T boundary sequences in Denmark and Antarctica

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 179-192

  McArthur, J M ^a   Thirlwall, M F ^b   Engkilde, M ^c   Zinsmeister, W J ^d   Howarth, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; STRONTIUM;

ANTARCTICA; DENMARK;

EID: 0031758733     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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